I’m not often happy that Missouri lags on environmental and safety issues, but I’m pretty sure I bought a gas can within the last 6 years and it is just a red plastic container with a spout.
I may need to look at what is for sale the next time I’m in a hardware store.
Exactly. Every “no-spill” can I’ve used has spilled far more fuel than I’ve ever spilled with the old style. But my old cans were metal and have rusted, and only “no-spill” (not the brand, but the theoretical type) are all I can find to replace them.
I’ll have to try one of the ones suggested in this or the other gas can thread.
In a welcome update, the thumb lock on my gas can has permanently jammed in the unlock position, so I can now dispense gas with only two hands.
I realize this is a zombie thread, but holy hanna, somebody sucks at mathing.
One for $64 or two for $259? I’ll buy four individual cans for $256 and return them as a 4-pack for $517…
Why not just drive your mower to the nearest gas station and fill up there?
— Uke, the guy with no lawn
So, these are no longer usable / acquirable*?
*Ack - “acquirable” is probably not a word, but couldn’t think of the right one.
Everything about that product seems fucked up. The reviews make for good reading.
Whatever happened to gas cans like this?
That’s what I grew up with.
Honestly, I use a motor oil container (2.5 gallon size) that I painted red with a can of spray paint and a funnel to fill my riding mower. The oil container is certainly safe for gasoline (it was designed to hold oil), has an opening of about two inches, and will hold nearly three gallons. My mower will hold three gallons, so it works out. Over the years, more than half of the red paint has come off (I should probably repaint it), but nobody has ever questioned me when I try to fill it. Maybe I’m just lucky. I only use ethanol-free gas for the lawn equipment (supposedly ethanol is bad for the fuel lines), and most of the people who buy ethanol-free gas use it for lawn equipment, so that might be why I don’t get hassled.
Minor rant. Why don’t the manufacturers of the riding mowers incorporate a reserve tank into the fuel system (I’m looking at you, Mr. John Deere)? It doesn’t have to be elaborate, or even have a huge capacity. Just four ounces of gas would be enough. Just a two-level pickup tube would be fine. My mower has a fuel gauge on it, but it is only good to tell you if you have a full tank, or a partially full tank. At about half-full, it shows empty. I’d much rather have a reserve than that silly gauge. I keep my fuel at the garage, and invariably I will run out of gas at the furthest point on my property from the garage. This shouldn’t be a 21st century problem. EOR.
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